If you want to put the PS5 Pro’s new PSSR upgrade through its paces when you’ve got the firmware update downloaded, then it sounds like Silent Hill F should be what you boot up first.
A technical analysis from Digital Foundry covering the PSSR patch calls the Konami effort a “transformed game” after it struggled with the original implementation of the feature at release.
The outlet calls the original attempt “one of the worst examples” of PSSR, but following today’s enhancement, all of the graphical issues and Unreal Engine 5 flaws are fixed. “The pulsing RTGI is gone, vegetation and foliage rendering is crisp and consistent, while texture detail and characters and environments looks improved without sharpening artefacts. The noisy PSSR film grain-like artefacts are gone, with the kind of temporal consistency you get from the best upscalers.”
Digital Foundry concludes: “It transforms Silent Hill F from a demonstration of PSSR’s failures into a showcase for what the upgraded version can do.”
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is another game that supposedly utilises the improved PSSR features well. Any graphical noise has been cleaned up and is now supported by “crisper edges, reduced aliasing in motion and in rest, with improved foliage”. You now get 60 frames-per-second with even better image quality on PS5 Pro following the firmware update.
As for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, its improvements aren’t nearly as noticeable, but you can still look forward to reduced noise and enhanced foliage. Meanwhile, in Monster Hunter Wilds, look out for better anti-aliasing and more stable screen-space reflections.
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